Prada asks: art or sound?
The Fondazione Prada investigates the history of peculiar musical instruments and the relationship between the visual and the auditory in art or sound, his last exhibition in Venice, curated by the art historian and the inventor of the Arte Povera, Germano Celant.
Organized chronologically, art or sound begins with musical instruments made of unusual and precious materials in the 17TH century. It continues with examples of 19th-century automated instruments and experiments of avant-garde, as Intonarumori of 1913 by Luigi Russolo, futurist artist, composer and author of the manifesto the art of noises.
Also on show are works by composers John Cage, speaker of 60 artists Robert Morris and Alvin Lucier and Nam June Paik, kinetic sculptures by Takis and Stephan von Huene, sound installations, including Oracle of Robert Rauschenberg (1962-65) and Handphone Laurie Anderson (1978) table. There are also motorcycle Arman's pianos and other hybrid instruments such as Richard Artschwager and Joseph Beuys.
Art or sound, 7 June - November 03, 2014, Fondazione Prada, Santa Croce 2215, Venice
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